The National tribune., 1887-05-26

Moody Tells His Own Story Of the Spliced TrOE.


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EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: / saw q COM
municati0n in your paper some time since
hcadeded " No0dy's Misiit" with a very fine
picture Of Moody. Now the fellow that wrote
that is a little of his base. He says ! was six
feet seven inches high and weighed 40 pounds.
The fact Is. / was but six feet three inches and
weighed l35 pounds. He also says that Co.
c man stole my pants. That is not right, for Co.
q ali belonged 10 Sunday school and never stole
anything. i can prove by Comrade Seth
CrOwe Of Co. g, who lives at Maro4, III.
Now don't object TO the boys having their
fun at my expense, but want them 10 stick
10 facts as near as may be- for this viii all 20
down to pOsterty a. hisiory-and facts are what
we want, not fiction.
What the comrade wrote did not hurt me
any but he should have signed his name to his
letter 50 the boys would have known who he
was; but he did not want to, for fear some Of
the boys Of Co e, 6Sth ILL.,, would recognize
him; therefore i viii tell the readers OF The
NATIONAL TRIBUNE his name; it is Z. H.
McCard. Now, comrades, you know who stole
the chickensl
As far as the first letter was concerned i cared
nothing for that, but here comes Coinrade John
Winklcr 0f WoOdard, Iowa, and says he knew it
was me by the picture, and goes on and tells
some q the secrets 0f the army which he should
have kept 10 himself IL Is true the pants /
drew were little short, but il Was long enough
before got another pair. John Nipkler and
j messed together in the army and played
marbles at home as boys before we went to the
army, and did not think he would tell all he
knew about me to everybody.
The facts as j remember them in regard to
the pants are these drew pair Of No. ( Gov
ernment pants one evening, thinking they were
long enough, but behold when got in them
next morning / had grown about four inches
A 3 IL ef.sst
much too short ba. Great Scott they were
/ plenty big enough the other wayl Had you
u tied the legs al the bottom after / got in them
they would have held az least two bushels Of oats
1 and given me plenty Of room besides Our Cap
tain-God bless his soul. for he is dead now, aud
/ j think Of him only good soldier and officer
seeing my condition began 10 joke me. He
1 said: Moody why don't you splice another
| pair on the bottom OF them, and they would be
long enough" took him at his word. and as
Joe Cusick, Of my company, had two pairs Of
| pants and me only part Of one pair, thought
il wasn't fair So / cut OF one pair Of his at
/ the knees and spliced out the bottom Of mine.
This made them little long but was afraid
10 make them any shorter that day, FOR fear
would Outgrow them before morning So |
/ dOnned them and got on the color-line for
parade. When the Captain noticed my pants
the first thing he said was, You have played
the devil"
don't think the boys ought 10 tell. after %
years, about my short breeches Had the spirit
Of revenge IN me i would tell some things on
Comrades McCard and Winkler, but as don't
want 10 tell all ] know on the boys / will not
tell about Winkler getting the woman's pet
pig aud borrowing her horse TO carry it TO camp
on, FOR fear his wife would not like TO hear it.
will leave my card with him until we meet al
our next Reunion at Ada o., Aug 80, 81 and
sept J. where hope 10 meet all the boys. and
we can settle this thing by oursclVes-JoHS
M. MOODY. 60. 4, Goth Ill, Box 35l, Paris, H.
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highest terms Of the value Of The NATIONAL
TRIBUNE 10 the soldiers OF the country, and
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